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c4skp

Member Since: 11 Oct 2020
Location: Dorset
Posts: 24

Spare wheel bike rack.

Have been trying to come up with the best method for carrying my bike. Not sure how to include the wine family, as moving from a pickup to a defender with no tow bar. But the spare ride is working after some initial modification.

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The plate would hold the wheel too far from the mount, due to the indent on the frame. I had a new plate made, which also includes 2 more threads so I have all wheel nuts now.

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I just also need to get a 4 bike rack for the Mrs car, so been an expensive bike change.

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22nd Nov 2020 10:02am

c4skp

Member Since: 11 Oct 2020
Location: Dorset
Posts: 24

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22nd Nov 2020 10:10am

bmw77

Member Since: 06 Jul 2021
Location: Stafford
Posts: 1

Hows the spareride working out for you now.. just looking for the same solution and weighing up between a spareride and a Saris Freedom

6th Jul 2021 8:33am

Tim in Scotland

Member Since: 23 May 2007
Location: The Land that time forgot
Posts: 3753

Do be careful about hanging things off the spare as the load limit on its mounting and the door hinges isn’t much. Have you though about a small trailer with cross bars and bike holders on it? I added something very similar to this to my IW P100 box trailer with modified ladder racks to carry 5 windsurfers above the bikes when a group of us used to go out to Tiree for a couple of weeks and only really needed 1 car and a trailer rather than pay for 4 cars on the ferry. This rack is for a pick up but easily modified for a small trailer. I’ve since sold the rack to a young lad who mounted it in the back of his VW Transporter van.
Pangea Green D250 90 HSE with Air Suspension, Off-road Pack, Towing Pack, Black Contrast roof , rear recovery eyes, Front bash plate, Classic flaps all round, extended wheel arch kit and a few bits from PowerfulUK Expel Clear Gloss PPF to come
2020 D240 1st Edition in Pangea Green with Acorn interior. Now gone - old faithful, no mechanical issues whatsoever ever but the leaks and rattles all over the place won’t be missed!

6th Jul 2021 10:39am

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